Grow a Good Life explains the benefits of growing her summer squash (zucchini) in tomato cages- because it gives the plants good air circulation which helps to limit diseases! She also has a tip about what happens with the hollow stems bend over the side of the cage.
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This year I hope to harvest 4 times the amount of Romas we had last year so I can really stock up on the sauce! Gardening Know How shares their best tips on how to grow Roma tomatoes– and I'll be referencing this post all season long! My mouth still waters thinking about that sauce- but sadly all the sauce was all gone before the first flake of snow even hit the ground! The prize items in my garden last year were my Roma tomatoes which I used to make my homemade roasted tomato sauce. The Nitty-Gritty- What We Want to Know to Grow a Vegetable Garden! You can find more great resources for busy Moms over on my Amazon influencer page This is an affiliate link: MomOf6 earns a commission if you purchase, at no additional cost to you.! and for those rainy days- here are our favorite board games This is an affiliate link: MomOf6 earns a commission if you purchase, at no additional cost to you.! Looking for some more fun things to do with the kids this summer?Ĭheck out some of our family's favorites! Here's our list of the best Backyard Games This is an affiliate link: MomOf6 earns a commission if you purchase, at no additional cost to you. This is such a great idea- and it is so much less expensive than buying a pre-made container! Made from soda bottles- this is an easy and inexpensive trick!Īnd if you are thinking about growing fruits and vegetables in a container garden this year (which I am considering just to expand my gardening space!)- Grow a Good Life has a great tutorial on how to build a self-watering container out of an 18-gallon tote. I love this idea from The Gardening Cook- to create a drip feeder system to get water down to the roots of your tomato plants. She breaks it down into 5 plant families for us so we know how to plan our rotations. Grow a Good Life has a great post that helps us to think through mapping out our garden beds– with the reminder that we should be rotating what is planted in each bed every year so that we don't deplete the soil. And I need to be more diligent about “guiding the vines” to where I want them to grow! Instructables offers some great advice on how to make the most of your garden space– and confirmed what I thought, this year I should grow my cucumbers and zucchini vertically- either by guiding the plants to grow up on our garden fencing or by providing some sort of a trellis in the raised bed. I found this helpful post on 7 Best Vegetables for Beginner Gardeners over on Premeditated Leftovers that is worth checking out! When you first decide to plant a garden- the first question you ask yourself is what should you grow? And while you'll definitely want to grow fruits and veggies that you know your family will eat- you want to balance that against which types of plants are easy for beginner gardeners and will do well in your area of the country. I didn't know that I needed to thin my carrot seedlings- so I gave them no room to grow which resulted in bushels of teeny tiny thin carrots! And we only sowed our sugar snap peas once, when we could have been enjoying them all season long!Ĭlearly, I have more to learn! How to Grow a Vegetable Garden? Start With a Plan! A few cucumber seeds last year turned into a tangle of vines and a crazy number of cukes! Can I grow them vertically instead? This year I would like to be a little more strategic and do a better job of maximizing the space that we have.
That first spring, the kids and I couldn't wait to plant seeds and seedlings- and without much forethought or “education”- we ended up with a rather bountiful vegetable garden! Over the years, we've learned a few things to maximize our harvest for our DIY Summer Camp at home! Here are 12 tips on how to grow a vegetable garden with your kids! One of the coolest things about our backyard is the gorgeous fenced-in garden area that was here when we moved into the house.
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